Krakowiak 1942
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ślązak (ex-Bedale) | L26 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK | 29/5/1940 | 23/7/1941 | 6/1942 | to UK 9/1946 (Bedale) |
| Kujawiak (ex-Oakley) | L72 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK | 11/1939 | 30/10/1940 | 6/1941 | sunk 16/6/1942 |
| Krakowiak (ex-Silverton) | L115 | White, Cowes, UK | 12/1939 | 4/12/1940 | 5/1941 | to UK 9/1946 (Silverton) |
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Displacement standard, t |
1050 |
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Displacement full, t |
1580 |
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Length, m |
80.5 pp 85.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.60 |
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Draught, m |
3.78 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
19000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
27 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 265 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(20) |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 102/45 QF MkXVI HA, 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (30 - 60) |
| Sensors | type 271, 285, 290 or 291 radars, type 123A, 127 sonars |
|
Complement |
168 |
Ship project history: British escort destroyers of Hunt class 2nd series, transferred to Polish Navy before commission in April, June 1941 and April, 1942.
Modernizations: 1943, Ślązak: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom
1944, Ślązak, Krakowiak: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Naval service: Kujawiak 16/6/1942 was lost near Malta on a mine.
Krakowiak
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